Canonical — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

appearing in a biblical canon

of or relating to or required by canon law

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɐnˈɑːnɪkəl/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈantɹəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈantɹəl/

4 syllables Say it as /kɐnˈɑːnɪkəl/.

Examples

a canonical book of the Christian New Testament
a basic story line
a canonical syllable pattern

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

canonic sanctioned basic

Parts of Speech

adjective	appearing in a biblical canon “a canonical book of the Christian New Testament”
adjective	of or relating to or required by canon law
adjective	reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality “a basic story line”
adjective	conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; - Sinclair Lewis “the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing”

Word Forms

canon

noun

a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

kanonisch

Erscheinen in einem biblischen Kanon

🇫🇷French

canonique

apparaissant dans un canon biblique

🇪🇸Spanish

canónico

apareciendo en un canon bíblico

🇮🇹Italian

canonico

che compaiono in un canone biblico

🇳🇱Dutch

canoniek

verschijnen in een bijbelse canon

🇵🇹Portuguese

canônico

aparecendo em um cânone bíblico

🇷🇺Russian

канонический

появляющийся в библейском каноне

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कैनन का

बाइबिल के सिद्धांत में दिखाई देना

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্যানোনিকাল

একটি বাইবেলের ক্যাননে উপস্থিত

🇮🇳Tamil

நியமனம்

ஒரு பைபிள் நியதியில் தோன்றும்

🇮🇳Telugu

కానానికల్

బైబిల్ కానన్‌లో కనిపిస్తుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रामाणिक

बायबलसंबंधी कॅननमध्ये दिसणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રામાણિક

બાઈબલના સિદ્ધાંતમાં દેખાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಂಗೀಕೃತ

ಬೈಬಲ್ನ ಕ್ಯಾನನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാനോനിക്കൽ

ഒരു ബൈബിൾ കാനോനിൽ പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെടുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੈਨੋਨੀਕਲ

ਇੱਕ ਬਾਈਬਲ ਦੇ ਸਿਧਾਂਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੋਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

کیننیکل

ایک بائبل کینن میں ظاہر ہوتا ہے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

典范

出现在圣经正典中

🇯🇵Japanese

正規の

聖書正典に登場する

🇰🇷Korean

표준적인

성경의 정경에 나오는

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kinh điển

xuất hiện trong kinh thánh

🇹🇭Thai

ตามบัญญัติ

ปรากฏในสารบบพระคัมภีร์

🇮🇩Indonesian

resmi

muncul dalam kanon Alkitab

🇵🇭Filipino

kanonikal

lumilitaw sa isang biblikal na kanon

🇲🇾Malay

berkanun

muncul dalam kanun alkitabiah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الكنسي

تظهر في قانون الكتاب المقدس

🇮🇷Persian

متعارف

در یک قانون کتاب مقدس ظاهر می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

kanonik

İncil'deki bir kanonda görünen

🇮🇱Hebrew

קנוני

מופיע בקאנון מקראי

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